African proverbs

The problem with the palace attendant isn't how to steal the king's drums but where to play them from.

No matter how often a man quarrels with his wife he doesn't do so during the hours lending to bedtime.

A man does not run among thorns for no reason; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him.

If you travel with lies you will reach your destination but you might be unable to retrace your steps.

If you don't eat mangos that fall on the ground, be sure to be strong enough to pick ones on the tree.

At that particular time a mad person gives you something take it immediately before he changes is mind.

If two brothers fight over their father's land, it is a stranger who will enjoy there sweat and labour.

He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime.

The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.

It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.

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